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Is there a way to "shrink" leather gloves?

My favorite set of gloves went "bye byes" this morning...I left them sitting on the bumper of my wifes car last night and when she left this morning the gloves went for a ride...I'm sure they fell off in a very short distance and someone has a nice set of gloves now My fault for being a dumb ass

Anyways they were Icon Merc shorty gloves left over from my F4i sport bike days...absolutely the best gloves I have ever had

I have another pair in the same size...but with Icon's weird process these ones are a bit longer in the fingers even with base of my fingers all the way in...so...is there a way to shrink gloves so that they will fit better??

I guess you could do what I did. WAsh and dry them. Well maybe that doesn't work so well. I had my summer gloves in my saddle bag along with some towels. I ride in the rain all the time and use towels often to dry off the seat. I washed them and I guess one of my gloves stuck to the towel. Now I have one glove that would only fit a child.

Shrink gloves?

Put them on a couch and ask them to tell you about their childhood, or maybe how it feels being a glove???

Sorry, I've had a few beers. . .

Seriouly, I've molded glove grade leather over my sidecovers (only person I know who's done this) and what I did might work for your gloves.

Get some boiling water and drop the gloves in for 30 seconds (the idea is not to cook them, just soak them).

Next, get a towel you can toss away later and soak most of the hot water out. When it's cool enough, put the gloves on and keep soaking out the water with the towel. When the gloves are just damp you could try a hair dryer to speed up the process. The leather should shrink a lot, but having it on will keep it from shrinking too much.

Put them on a couch and ask them to tell you about their childhood, or maybe how it feels being a glove???

Sorry, I've had a few beers. . .

Seriouly, I've molded glove grade leather over my sidecovers (only person I know who's done this) and what I did might work for your gloves.

Get some boiling water and drop the gloves in for 30 seconds (the idea is not to cook them, just soak them).

Next, get a towel you can toss away later and soak most of the hot water out. When it's cool enough, put the gloves on and keep soaking out the water with the towel. When the gloves are just damp you could try a hair dryer to speed up the process. The leather should shrink a lot, but having it on will keep it from shrinking too much.

Seems like a lot of work. I'd just get the right size.

Problem is with ICON its a crap shoot if they'll fit..yeah could try another brand but I really like these gloves a lot.....I like your method..I think I may give that a try...thanks